Young Australians’ finances: A five year snapshot

Young Australians are resilient but financially stretched thin. This new report analysing 2,731 survey responses and 150 interviews from a nationally representative sample of Australians aged 18-24 from 2021–2025 shows how.

Finance and economics, Financial wellbeing, EmploymentPower to Persuade12 August 2026Young people, financial wellbeing, financial vulnerability, BNPL, employment

If it walks and talks like credit: behind the regulation of Buy Now Pay Later

In today’s post, Emma O’Neill of Good Shepherd (@GoodShepANZ) explores the potential impacts of the Government’s proposed regulation of Buy Now, Pay Later Products. Emma is a Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor with a particular interest in women’s economic security, gender and climate change, and the impacts of marketisation on social equity.

Womens Policy Action Tank, Finance and economicsPower to Persuade30 May 2023BNPL, Buy Now Pay Later, Financial products, regulation, Poverty, welfare reform, economic abuse

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